International Christian University

Foreign policy analysis (FPA) seeks to better understand how the foreign policy of a state is formulated not only by government actors but also other stakeholders. These can be domestic players, such as political parties, politicians, government ministers, foreign and defense ministries, but also the economic sector, think-tanks, and non-state actors, or outside actors such as intergovernmental organizations (EU, ASEAN, NATO, or the World Bank), or governments and leaders of other countries. One focus is the decision-making process within governments, domestic and international constraints, the drafting process of foreign policies, their implementation, and their public defense against domestic or international critique.

For Fall/Autumn 2023, students in this course will participate in the Virtual Business Professional Project (https://www.marshall.usc.edu/departments/business-communication/vbp-project) which will be coordinated by the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC). Students will be assigned to a team and will collaborate with students from other universities on a project about major global companies. 

From the VBP Project website: 
The VBP Project is a global student collaboration project created and managed by business communication faculty at the Marshall School of Business at USC. The goal of the VBP Project is to help students develop skills necessary to succeed in a fast-paced global business environment that is increasingly relying on social platforms and virtual collaboration for their internal and external communication.  Every semester, 500 to 700 students participate in VBP. These students collectively represent over 50 countries around the world and study at 17 universities in 10 different countries.
 

Designed to familiarize students with basic aspects of Japanese history, art, and literature, this course focuses on examining the relationship between traditional and modern Japan as well as understanding Japan within a broad comparative framework. The course may involve out-of-classroom work such as field trips, interviews, and first-hand observation.  

This course places emphasis on listening and speaking proficiencies. Learners who have reached the CEFR B2.2 level will further develop their academic skills through discussions and presentations. Prerequisite “J7-A: Japanese” and "J7-B: Japanese" or equivalent. Three class hours/week. 

By the end of this course, students will be able to
1. complete tasks in Japanese, by utilizing appropriate expressions in various contexts
2. hold logical and constructive discussions
3. acquire skills necessary for presentations in Japanese.
4. develop knowledge on vocabulary and expressions.

This course examines Japanese painting, calligraphy and craftwork from from the ancient through the early modern periods, with a focus on the Edo period (1615-1868), especially the Rimpa school associated with Ogata Korin. Students consider Japanese artistic products in light of various concepts, including “classicism,” “revival,” “school,” “decoration,” and “design.”

This course aims to help students learn spoken and written Japanese for academic purposes through a variety of social subjects or quasi-professional topics. The target level is CEFR B2.1. Prerequisite:“J5: Japanese” or equivalent. Ten class hours/week. 

By the end of the course, students will be able to:
understand the main ideas, express one’s ideas, or interact with others on a variety of social subjects or quasi-professional topics, if the argument is not delivered in a complex structure and the development of the argument is clear, and speak and write appropriately according to the situation.